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Legal Responses to Religious Difference

Christof H. HeynsPeter W. EdgeFrans Viljoen

出版	Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2002
主題	Political Science / Human RightsReligion / Comparative Religion
ISBN	97890411167899041116788
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=LLOtSiH2E1cC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋

Until recently English law has lacked any specific, generally applicable, guarantees of religious rights. Thus, bodies of law have developed in particular areas where religious interests arise but without a common legal frame. The Human Rights Act 1998, however, has brought the guarantees of the European Convention on Human Rights, most specifically the guarantees of religious rights, non-discrimination, and education rights, more fully into English law. As well as showing how one legal system has engaged with international obligations in respect of religious rights, this text provides a valuable source for comparative study of religious interests in national jurisdictions. It explores the particular response of the English legal system when faced with religious difference, and considers the extent to which the Human Rights Act may produce significant legal change. The text is aimed specifically at both the legal and non-legal reader, and concludes with a discussion of how to use English legal sources, and an extensive bibliography.